diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e7ca613..64f3cdd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.0"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc94ff5..d818e31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-03-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add VoXtream2 backend and interactive TUI setup ([#31](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/issues/31)) ([5c7799c](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/commit/5c7799cd3cc5673b467e1caf5c09684ce3287c97))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0) (2026-03-16)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4ef7bfd..95ab9c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4049,7 +4049,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vox"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 43ca599..60cf44b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vox"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Cross-platform TTS CLI — local voice synthesis with Qwen and system say"
 license = "LicenseRef-Proprietary"